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STEDT #1867

*gram

ROUGH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlegraminitialgrrhymeamcoverK · N

Notes

This etymon illustrates the regular correspondence between WB -am and Jingpho -en.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangram ‘rough / coarse’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphogren ‘raw-boned, razor-backed’Benedict 72 STC: 51n171
Jingphoməmorpheme◦gren / diŋmorpheme◦gren ‘sharp’Benedict 72 STC: 51n171
Jingphotiŋmorpheme◦gren ‘rough’Benedict 72 STC: 51n171

6.1.1Burmish8

Arakanesekrèn ‘rough’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)krâm ‘rough; coarse; violent’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)kram: ‘rough’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)kroʼmorpheme-kram ‘rough, rude, boorish ( colloq. )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-krâm ‘rough; coarse; violent’Benedict 76 WBur

7Karenic1

Kayan (Pekon)krâ ADJ‘rough’Manson 10 Kayan

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1867, *gram ‘ROUGH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1867
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.51
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1867,
  title  = {{*gram 'ROUGH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1867},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1867}
}